Featured Beautiful but unfortunate ring! Victorian? 15k Gold Garnet

Bought this ring and saved it from being melted. It is quite a beautiful ring with the exception of the stone being severely cracked. It is very unfortunate that the stone ended up like this! Anyhow I believe it to be Victorian perhaps?

 

What a shame as it’s a beauty!.
I was idly considering if there was any cosmetic improvement to be made on a cracked stone and wonder if anyone has used the glue they use for mending windscreens on cracks in gems?. (No, I’m not suggesting you try it as I have no idea of the results!.)

 

why is the same mark, that i don't recognize...stamped twice...

 

Datewise I think 1890-1910. The stone can be replaced.

 

Looks like a badly punched 585 mark.

 

Stamped '15' twice, the UK switched to 14C from 12 and 15 in 1932...

~Cheryl

 

Looks like it is hand done as to the gravings. I feel that it was done by a jeweler (or a talented would be) as a one of a kind (?). Also, I see possible internal flaws in the first photo or is it just dirty? Flaws would indicate a natural stone. In photo no. 3 the stone looks very much like a ruby? The stone could be easily removed and replaced. It could have been made anywhere as karat punches are not that hard to obtain. I agree that the mark is 15 but that does not definitely prove that it was made in the U.K. If it is a natural ruby, you might want to save the removed pieces.























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Eh, mark is typical of marks found on small unassayed 9, 12, and 15 carat British gold pieces (sometimes with an added 'C'), those lower standards added to the 18 and 22 carat standards in 1854 - can't say that I've run across the uncommon 15 carat gold from outside of Great Britain, or to a lesser degree, the Commonwealth nations...

~Cheryl

 

Agreed, Cheryl. There's a myth that we assayed and hallmarked everything. We didn't. I think you're right about it being a double struck 15, looking again.

 

It definitely is a beautiful ring. My take is that it was not made by an truly accomplished jeweler and is rather rough. Having said that and assuming that the jewel is in fact a natural ruby, I feel that it may have been made in India? As to date: Victorian to Vintage? Definitely too nice to melt down!